the struggle for democracy in Taishi, China

"What I can tell you is that what's going on in Taishi is perhaps the most significant grassroots social movement China has seen since the Cultural Revolution, a rural revolt against corruption, against deterioration of healthcare, against the illegal sale of farmland, and broadly against urban capitalism that has reaped no benefits for these farmers."

Benjamin Joffe-Walt in Taishi, southern China
Monday October 10, 2005
The Guardian

tags: land rights, democracy, China, farm, farming